10 New Books for Your Classroom Library: Middle Grades and Picture Books
We continue to live in an era of gripping middle grade novels and stunning picture books. Finding just the right books for […]
Tough Women in Dystopian Literature: Considerations and Themes for Teaching
Sarah Kroese and Bill Boerman-Cornell One of the most popular genres of young adult (YA) fiction is dystopian literature. Readers flock to […]
“More Than Their Trauma”: Teaching Michelle Good’s Five Little Indians in a Christian School
In the early part of the twentieth century, Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside was a bustling urban center; it was a space where all […]
Focus Period: How to Give Students and Teachers the Time They Need
Sitting down to grade outlines for my science fiction literature class, I am not entirely sure of what to expect. Earlier this […]
Artificial Intelligence and Christian Education
(republish from Australian Christian Teachers Journal) Education has been significantly disrupted by emerging technologies at various points. This mirrors the way in […]
A Biblical Case for Inclusive Christian Schools: Ten Pillars to Build On
This article is a revised version of an article published by ASCI in Leading Insights that applied nine pillars of disability theology […]
Changing Our Practices to Practice Our Faith: The Journey of Inclusive Education
When I hear the dreams of parents who have a child with a disability, they often share a hope for belonging for their son […]
Inclusive Education: One Christian School’s Journey
In my many years in education—as a teacher, inclusive educator, and educational support program director—I have spent hundreds of hours at back-to-school […]
Equipping, Empowering, and Encouraging Paraeducators
The backbone of any successful inclusive school is its paraeducators. Paraeducators are dedicated, generous, and willing to do what it takes to […]
To Know You’re Not Alone: Promoting Mental Wellness through Shared Experience and Empathetic Storytelling
Being a student is hard work—exhausting work, really. Being an adolescent means waking up each morning to the interminable, often unspoken, questions […]